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Sweet Potato PWO with Weight Loss?

A couple questions for this...if having a sweet potato PWO will stall weight loss AND if only one sweet potato will have any affect of glycogen restore. STATS: 185 lbs, 6', ~14% bf …
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Post workout carbs 0-30 minutes after a workout?

I recently added sweet potatoes into my post workout meal. I gained a lot of muscle mass but i found the potatoes screwing with my insulin levels...I was getting hungry more often …
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Post-Workout Shake Perfection. What’s Your Blend?

This thread isn't to debate whether post-workout shakes are optimal. That's a whole other debate and there are plenty of threads on it already. This is specifically to answer the …
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Crossfit, Paleo, and Protein powders

I just wanted to throw the question out there with the Protein Progenex in particular. (I know theres quite a few protein shake questions out there already). Any clean protein re …
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Whey + Coconut Oil PWO Latte?

I know that whey protein is in the gray area, or as Mark Sisson describes it, the 80/20 zone. But as many have said, it's also a complete protein source with glutathione and immun …
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Is it okay to workout and not eat until 4-6 hours later?

Hey everyone, since I started taking Fish oil Capsules and Vit D, I sleep like a Baby and wake up very early (for me, haha, around 8), and I like to work out immediately after I …
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Eat after fasted training, or ride out the fast?

For those of you who IF and train fasted, do you break your fast immediately PWO or ride out the fast for a couple more hours? I would especially like to hear from those with exper …
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Eating before bedtime

Does anyone have any information, personal experience is fine, regarding eating before bedtime. More specifically, I'm looking into getting enough food for the day vs. eating too c …
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Where to place the carbohydrate around a workout (athlete)

Training twice a day, one fairly anaerobic/high intensity session, the other more strength based. Carbohydrate necessary to fuel effort levels. The goal is to lean out a little mo …
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Should you eat more if your body is sore?

Hypothetical situation: You have a Crossfit competition or some form of activity of equivalent high intensity and the next day you are sore EVERYWHERE...arms, traps, shoulders, ne …
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Hack my PWO recovery shower

Been training pretty hard lately (muay Thai kickboxing). I don't get much DOMS but I do get plenty of shin splints & slight bone bruises. Usually on my knuckles, knee, forearm, …
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Paleo 2.0 Carb Issues

So I decided to try a little n=1 experimenting with Paleo 2.0 and added sweet potato back into my diet (after 2.5 years LC Paleo). I'm eating approximately 10 ounces of sweet pota …
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Whole milk as a recovery drink?

Is whole, non-homogenized, creamline milk a good recovery drink? I know many people say drink chocolate milk post workout, and I was wondering if just an organic, grassfed, creamli …
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How long after a workout is it okay to eat fat?

So I've been told that I should keep fat intake to a minimum PWO....so how long should one wait before eating something thats got fat in it? They say you should eat within 30/45 mi …
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Intermittent Fasting/Fasted Training - Anything besides BCAA?

After doing a little research, it's clear that the primary recommendation for people worried about muscles loss etc. while training fasted is a regimen of BCAAs. But I was wonderi …

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